This month on It’s Time for Science, it’s time for prolonged studying! Host Tom Racine talks with Dr. Bryan Méndez concerning the upcoming photo voltaic eclipse and curriculum specialist Erica Beck Spencer about getting children exterior.
Episode Summary
Tom talks with Dr. Méndez about what an eclipse really is, together with what to anticipate from a complete photo voltaic eclipse, how to have a look at the eclipse safely, and the best way to have interaction your college students with this superb celestial occasion.
A Reminder on Eclipse Safety
As Dr. Méndez factors out, whereas it’s technically protected to look instantly on the eclipse throughout the “brief and spectacular period known as totality,” this solely applies to these people who can be within the path of the whole eclipse after which ONLY for the small period of time throughout the totality.
For extra on eclipse security, take a look at our newest FOSS Insights article. For info on the place and the best way to view an upcoming eclipse, go to NASA’s web site on the hyperlink under.
2024 Solar Eclipse Information
Ms. Beck Spencer discusses how going exterior can profit college students’ psychological well being, how starved they typically are for outdoor time, a few of her favourite actions (and the best way to efficiently handle them), and connecting inside studying with exterior studying. She additionally discusses connecting to native experiences, together with native sources designed to assist educators get children exterior.
Episode Guests
Dr. Bryan Méndez
Dr. Bryan Méndez is an astronomer on the University of California, Berkeley. He is the Planetarium Director on the Lawrence Hall of Science, creates instructional programming for NASA missions on the Space Sciences Laboratory, and teaches courses for the Astronomy Department.
Dr. Méndez is a household man who likes to spend time together with his spouse and twin boys, a sci-fi/fantasy fan with specific obsessions for Star Wars and Star Trek, a saxophonist, and an novice filmmaker. He is multicultural, of Mexican and European heritage, and strives to foster numerous views in his work.
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Erica Beck Spencer
Erica Beck Spencer is a curriculum specialist with the Full Option Science System™ (FOSS®) and spearheaded the Taking FOSS Outdoors initiative. In addition to her growth work, she has collaborated with over 50 districts and tens of hundreds of educators on implementing the FOSS program. She has labored with hundreds of formal and nonformal academics about educating exterior. She has served on the board of administrators for the Maine Environmental Education Association, Rippleffect, and can be stepping up because the board president for the Maine Math and Science Alliance. Before working for FOSS, she taught in city colleges in Cambridge, Boston, and Portland, Maine.
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